Votel's remarks come after President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki earlier this week and made "important verbal agreements" on increased cooperation between Washington and Moscow on global security matters, according to the Russian ambassador to the U.S.

Netanyahu on July 11 said he told Putin during a Kremlin meeting that he should encourage Iranian forces to leave Syria.

The Russian ambassador made the remarks in an interview with Russian newspaper Kommersant, during which he also pointed to Russia's attempts to bring under control a possible military confrontation between Iran and the Israeli regime in Syria.

On June 19, Syrian government forces launched a Russia-backed offensive to retake Daraa and Quneitra provinces in the country's south, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Israel frequently accuses Tehran of exploiting the ongoing conflict in Syria - where Iran supports the ruling Assad regime - to establish a permanent military presence near Israel's borders.

It was Israel's first published operational use of the mid-range interceptors. They saw warplanes and helicopters in the sky from their position west of the Syrian town of Nawa. He said the two leaders recently spoke on the phone.

There were concerns in the military that if the David's Sling interceptor missile landed intact in Syria it could be taken by the Syrian military and used to gather intelligence about the air defense system's capabilities, though this was not seen as a likely scenario.

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